Admitted
1979, District of Columbia; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, New York
Law School
Yale University, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
Princeton University, A.B., summa cum laude, 1974
Memberships
The District of Columbia Bar (President, 1995-1996; President-Elect, 1994-1995; General Counsel, 1992-1994; Member, Board of Governors, 1990-1992; Chair, Pro Bono Committee, 1999-2002); American Bar Association (Chair, Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, 1999-2002); Member, Commission on Loan Repayment; American Law Institute.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to: The Honorable Henry J. Friendly, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1977-1978; Honorable Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court, 1978-1979. Lecturer in Law, University of Virginia School of Law, 1994. Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1983-1986. Chair, Hearing Committee of the D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility, 1988-1994; Associate Independent Counsel, 1986-1987. Senior Counsel to the Counsel to the President of the U.S., 1997-1998. Chair, Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Service of the Judicial Conference of the DC Circuit, 1996-1997.